[Native name.] A small burrowing carnivorous mammal, Crossarchus obscurus, of West Africa.
1861. Wood, Nat. Hist., I. 242. The food of the Kusimanse consists of the smaller mammalia, of various insects, and some kinds of fruits.
1883. Cassell’s Nat. Hist., II. 207. The Crossarchus, Mangue, or Kusimanse, presents a good deal of resemblance to the Cynogale.
